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Suggestions and ideas how the people of our community can assist Granite Falls, Minnesota, in obtaining our college

UGGESTIOHS AM9 IDEAS HOW THE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUWTY
Cm ASSIST GRAI1TE FALLS IN OBTAINED OUR COURSE,
pmm to the state college committee that we want a college In ouf*
aspee. We e@s* aeeousplish this by writing personal letters to the state
college sits selection cosnaiittee, impressing our views, We certainly ceaft
®ssp<&£t fh#a® to shcm sb interest in us if m don*t show an interest to them*
M^ Must ptwe to thu® that we need the college in our area^ and that we wsnt
it iz
b&a^ in mind m haw mvy little time* Th® committee could *ake their de-
Bim within the next two weeks*
Stress the Interest our eonsnunity has in the college and why we want it in
Granite Falls*
the fact that Granite Falls has the largest population of all considered
sites within a 20 mile radius, Fifteen cofflrauoities are located within a 20
ttile radius of Granite Falls, over 17*000 people, not counting the rural farm
area. This we know is a reasonable commuting distance.
Stress the aaxinum driving time h minutes from our community •—•-•••
o^ly ________ miles*
*. Granite Falls offers the largest over-all population of either the Marshall or
Redwood Falls sites within a 32 mile radius, SO mile radius* -
§e Granite Fails has the highest high school and grade school enrollment within
a 32 mile radius as proposed by the state committee,
6e Ask why Granite Falls has not been given more consideration when having as aany
if not more advantages than the other sites,
7. Find out why a few extra trees have more value than extra students,
8. The cowmunity with the largest population nearest the college site will also
offer the greatest support for college activities such as sports attendancef etc.
So This area is not only sports minded, we are strong supporters of education,
10, You might ask why only two members of the five member committee have visited
the proposed sites? Find out what the other committee members have been doing?
11, According to the latest news article in the Minneapolis paper* it sounds like
one member, Mr, Mourin is going to pick the site. The state legislature appropriated $100,000 and appointed a five man committee to make the selection. It
doesn^t seem like the State of Minnesota and the people of Southwestern Minnesota are getting the service the legislature expected,
12, When do the other three members of the college site selection committee intend
to visit the sites?
13, Why did the two members of the committee travel on a tight time schedule? Yet,
they limited some communities to just a few minutes and spent hours in others,
i*« The state legislature tells us it is our college. Yet, it looks like one man,
Mr, Mourin is going to tell us where we want it,
IS, Why havenft the people of Southwestern Minnesota, other than the site cosammi-
ties been given a chance to express their opinions?
ADDRESS mm LETTERS-TO:-- Site-Selection Committee for Southwestern -Minnesota College
Centennial Office Building
St, Paul 1, Minnesota
COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Charles F, Mourin, Chairman
0, Merideth Wilson, President, University of Minnesota
Dr, Robert J. Keller, University High School Director
Erling Johnson, State Education Commissioner
Roy Prentis, College Board Executive Director
Walter Harvey

UGGESTIOHS AM9 IDEAS HOW THE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUWTY
Cm ASSIST GRAI1TE FALLS IN OBTAINED OUR COURSE,
pmm to the state college committee that we want a college In ouf*
aspee. We e@s* aeeousplish this by writing personal letters to the state
college sits selection cosnaiittee, impressing our views, We certainly ceaft
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